Hairpin



R. M. WILSON.

HAIRPIN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. II, 1919.

1,337,377, Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

INI/ENTOR o a an a nali asevera.

Application led august 1l, 1919.

To all zo/tom t may concern.'

Be it lrnown that l, Bosn'rra M. VnsoN, acitiZen of the United States of America, residing at Claremore, in the county of E@ ers i. l State of Glrlahonia, have invented certain new and useful Improveinents in l-lairpins, of which the following is a specication.

My present invention relates generally to hair pins and more particularly to wire hair pins, niy object being the provision of a novel construction which 'follows closely along' the line of the ordinary two prong hair pin in shape and at the saine time attains advantages in use particularly as regards retention in the hair of which the ordinary hair pin eit ier with or without crimped extending prongs is entirely incapable.

lt is a well known fact that the ordinary U-shaped wire hair pin is dificult to retain in use and this is especially true with those having little nioisture in the hair. My invention avoids the above difficulty due to its construction which l will now describe with respect to the accompanying drawing forming a part of the invention and in which the figure is a plan of a hair pin constructed in accordance with my invention.

Referring now to the figure, my invention proposes a generally U-shaped hair pin forrned of wire whose extensions 1G and ll are jointed by an integral cross or arch 12 at one end. rlheso extensions, in accordance with iny invention, are either plain or criinped as at 13, intermediate their ends, and ae formed of greater length than is usually the case to provide for portions 14E; and lo by doubling the extensions bach upon themselves to thus construct effective suppleinental holder in the nature of prongs lo and l?. As seen the supplemental prongs are approximately parallel to and spaced from the inain prongs, the spaces opening toward trie free ends of the inain prongs l0 and ll so as to receive part of the hair through which the pin is extended and those portions of the niain prongs, bent back upon themselves as before stated to the suppleniental prongs, are preferably criniped so as to present both inner and outer gri` ping surfaces and in this way effectively cooperate with the main prongs in securely Specification of Letters Eatent.

Fat-rented Apr. 20, 1929.

Serial No. 316,519.

fastening and holding the hair pin in place when in use.

lt is furthermore to be observed from the illustration that the supplemental prongs lo and l? are preferably located in the length of the inain prongs between the arch 12 of the pin andthe criinped portions of the niain prongs where these prongs are crimped at all.

My improved hair pin thus follows in general outline and shape the wire hair pins now conunonly in use and as before stated needs only an increase in the length of the ordinary prongs to provide for the supplenient-al prongs which my invention contemplates.

I claim:-

l. A wire hair pin of lll-shape formed of a single strand of wire having its prongs provided with portions doubling back upon themselves intermediate their ends to forin supplemental lil-shaped prongs of reduced length as compared to the inain prongs, whose closed ends extend generally in the direction of the free ends of the main prongs and in adjacent though spaced relation to the latter.

2. A wire hair pin of U-shape, forined of a single strand of wire having its prongs provided with portions doubling back upon themselves inte* nediate their ends to forrn supplemental U-shaped prongs of reduced length as compared to the main prongs whose closed ends extend generally in the saine direction as the main prongs and toward the free ends of the latter, said supplemental prongs having their inner and outer side portions crimped as and for the purpose described.

3. A wire hair pin of U-shape, forined of a single strand of wire having a pair of prongs crimped at points intermediate their ends, an integral arch connecting the prongs at one end, and supplemental U-shaped prongs located between the said arch and the crimped portions of the inain prongs, at opposite sides of, and spaced froin the inain prongs, said inain prongs having portions doubling baclr upon 'themselves to form the said supplemental prongs, and the inner and outer sides of the supplemental prongs being crimped.

ln testimony whereof l my signature.

ROSETTA M. WILSON. 

